Bath sponge



March l25 A, FOERG BATH SPONGE Filed Feb. 5, 1923 nvcm'oz Annie Foerg 20my invention, an

Patented Mar. 253 .1924.

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- GFF! i Armin FoERG, or NEW Yoan, N. Y. v

BATH SPONGE.

i Application led February 45,1923. Serial No. 617,150.

v J the same to provide a sponge of the type known as luffa, whichconsists of the inner ibrous content of a variety of gourd, with meansfor manipulating vit which shall be convenient, inexpensive andpermanent.

Referring tothe accompanying drawings,

which are made a arthereof and on which similar reference c a-ractersindicate similar parts, I

Figure 1 is a plan view of. one form of Figure 2 is-a-similar view of a;modified form.

Figure 3 is a cross section of the device shown in Figure 1'.4 I

In the drawings reference character 10 indicates the body of the spongewhich consists of the whole or a part ofthe fibrous mass in the interiorof a lufl'a gourd, the

, seeds beingremoved therefrom. This fibrous body is hollow and open atboth ends.

According to my invention I have provided handles 11 and 12 at thevopposite'ends of` the body, these handleseach consisting of a pair ofstrips or pieces of material prefer- 85 ably water-proof, here shown assewed along the lines 13 and 14:.- When thus' sewed together the handlehas an open end adapted to surround the end of the fibrous body andafter the fibrous body is introduced into vthe handle the parts areconnected by lines of stitches 15, 16, 17 which may pass directlythrough the fibrous body and through both the side members of thehandle. By another method the Ast'rips may be sewedto opposite sides ofthe b'ody before vbeing sewed together by seams 13 and 14. The handlesmay of course be made in various ways by molding each of them out ofrubber in a single piece or they maybe made of strips ofk rubber orleather sewed together as above indicated and in various other ways. Inany case this structure prevents any foreign matter from gaining accessto the'interior of the body where it'might find lodgment and de- ,cayorotherwise become objectionable.

In the use of the device shown in Figure 1 the thumbs or forefingers maybe hooked in the openings 18 for convenience in washlng the back,theproportions of the parts being so arranged as to make -it ofconvenlent length. Itw is a part of my purpose to grade the Sponges forsale according to size into lengths suitable for example for men,

women and children.

In Figure 2 I have shown amodified form adapted to be placed onone handof the user.

In tliiscase the fibrous-body is cut into short lengths and one suchlength 19 is provided at eachk end with a strip of `material 2O foldedso as to close the opening into the hollow body and extendover bothsides ofthe same, after which the parts may besecured together by a rowof stitches as indicated at 21, such stitches extending through the bodyand through the opposite edges of the strip 20. A handle 22 underneathwhich the fingers may be inserted is secured tov each of the strips 20and may if desired be insertedv beneath the adjacent edges of the twoopposedstrips so as to be secured to the devlceby two seams 21 or ifdesired it may be separately sewed to the body or to the strips 2O or toboth.

n win be understood that while this de# vice is primarily intended foruse as a bath sponge it may have other usesjand that the specificstructure may be varied without departing from the spirit ofA theinvention, the

true scope of which is indicated in the ap'- pended claims.

Having thus fully-described my said invention, what I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A cleaning device comprising open.-

endedtubular body of the fibrous interior of the luffa gourd, and aclosure secured to each end of saidbody comprising a iiexible fabricmember havin ortions overlying opposite sides of said l(lucid ends,substantially as set forth.

2. A cleaning device comprisin a hollow section of the brous interior othe lual y and closing the body formed of the fibrous interior of the'necte Q j vf 1,488,882,

ln Witness whereof, have hereunto set lua ourd, a handle surrounding andconmy hand and seal at-(New York, New York X0 to each end thereof, saidhandles each this 29th d ay of January, A; D. nineteen comprising a'pairof strips of material havhundred and twenty-three. ing registeringslots, a seam surrounding the ANNIE FOERG. [L. 5.] slots and connectingsaid strips, and a seam Wtnesses 'connecting the free margins of saidstrips, CHARLES W. HYER. substantially as set lforth. JULIA C. Hrm.

